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Carex adusta

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Family: Cyperaceae · Genus: Carex

Carex adusta

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 386. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. · public_domain

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Carex adusta, commonly known as the lesser brown sedge, swarthy sedge, browned sedge, or Carex brûlé, is a species of sedge (Carex) in the section Ovales. First described scientifically in 1839 by Francis Boott, Adusta is Latin for "burnt," probably referring to the color.

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